#72B3F5#72B3F5

#72B3F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3F5
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 245)
HSL	hsl(210, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -2.41, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 39.21, 266.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.04 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.117 250)
XYZ	xyz(39.5351, 42.4070, 92.4705)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3F5 #F5B472

analogous

#72F4F5 #72B3F5 #7272F5

triadic

#72B3F5 #F572B3 #B3F572

tetradic

#72B3F5 #F572F4 #F5B472 #72F572

square

#72B3F5 #F572F4 #F5B472 #72F572

split-complementary

#72B3F5 #F57272 #F4F572

monochromatic

#1076DD #3994F1 #72B3F5 #ABD2F9 #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B3F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72B3F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3F5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3F5	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f8',
    500: '#72b3f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3f5;
$custom-light: #a2c9f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.229,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.4241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3F5

secondary

#F3E2CF

accent

#7402E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3F5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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